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system  of  education  by  common 
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UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA 
AT    LOS  ANGELES 


AN  ACT 


TO   ESTABLISH    A 


eneral  System  ofJSducaiion 


BY 


COMMON  SCHOOLS. 


HARRISBURG; 

fKISTED  BY  HXrfRY  WE13H- 


1S3J. 


IN  THE  SEN  \Ti:,  March  22,  1834. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Brock  and  Mr.  Math 

Ordered,  That  fifteen  hundred  copies  in  the  Edj  :  mge,  and 

five   hundred  copies   in    the    German   language,  of  ?r  .titled 

"An  act  to  establish  a  general  system  of  education  by  common  sch 
be  printed  in  pamphlet  form  for  the  use  of  the  Senate. 

Extract  from  the  Journal. 

HENRY  BUEHLER,  Clerk. 


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AN  ACT 


TO     ESTABLISH     A 


General  System  of  Education, 


<s©3m<Dsr  ®sm®®&3* 


Whereas,  it  is  enjoined  by  the  constitution,  as  a  solemn  duty, 
which  cannot  be  neglected  without  a  disregard  of  the  moral  and  po- 
litical safety  of  the  people:  And  whereas,  the  fund  for  common 
school  purposes,  under  the  act  of  the  second  of  April  one.  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  thirty-one,  will,  on  the  fourth  of  April  next, 
amount  to  the  sum  of  five  hundred  and  forty-six  thousand  five  hundred 
and  sixty-three  dollars  and  seventy-two  cents,  and  will  soon  reach  the 
sum  of  two  millions  of  dollars,  when  it  will  produce,  at  five  percent., 
an  increase  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  which,  by  said  act,  is  to 
be  paid  for  the  support  of  common  schools  :  And  whereas,  provisions 
should  be  made  by  law,  for  the  distribution  of  the  benefits  of  this 
fund  to  the  people  of  the  respective  counties  of  the  Commonwealth : 
Therefore, 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Represen- 
itatives  of  the  Commomcealth  of  Pennsylvania,  in   General  Assembly 
\met,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same,  That  the 
'city  and  county  of  Philadelphia,  and  every  other  county  in  this  Com- 
[monv.ealth,  shall   each  form  a  school  division,  and  that  every  ward, 
Ptownship  and  borough,  within  the  several  school  divisions,  shall  each 
[form  a  school  district :  Provided,  That  any  borough  which  is  or  may 
Ibe  connected  with  a  township  in    the  assessment  and  collection  of 
county  rates  and  levies,  shall,  with  the  said  township,  so  long  as  it  re- 
mains so  connected,  form  a  district ;  and  each  of  said  districts  shall 
contain  a  competent  number  of  common  schools,  for  the  education  of 
every  child  within  the  limits  thereof,  who  shall  apply, either  in  person 
or  by  his  or  her  parents,  guardian  or  next  friend,  for  admission  and 
instruction. 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  sheriff  of  each  county,  thirty 
days  previous  to  the  third  Friday  in  September  of  the  current  year, 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  thirty -four,  to  give  notice,  by  procla- 
mation, to  the  citizens  of  each  school  district,  to  hold  elections  in  their 
respective  townships,  wards  and  boroughs,  at  the  places  where  they 
hold  their  elections  for  supervisors,  town  councils  and  constables,  to 
choose  six  citizens  of  each  school  district,  to  serve  as  school  directors 
ci  said  districts  respectively;  whicli  elections  shall,  on  the  said  dav, 


be  conducted  and   helj  in  the  gams  mantiei  as  (ot  supervi* 

Bo/a  and  constables  are  by  law  lield  and  conduct*  .-i  day 

of  the  next  annual  election  of  supervisor*  in  the  re  "ps, 

and  of  constables  in  tho  respective  cities  of  ihi<  Commonwealth,  anew 
election  for  directors  shall  take  place  in  the  said  towns!) 
and  cities,  at  which  election,  and  annually  thereafter  'it  that  unv  •  and 
in  manner  and  form  aforesaid,  two  directors  shall  .  who  shall 

servo  for  throe  years  ;  the  sheriff  giving  thirty  days  ootid 
to  sugIi  election. 

Section  U.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  school  dun  rthin 

ten  days  after  the  period  of  their  election,  annually  to  meet  in  their 
respective  school  districts,  when  each  board  shall  choose,  out  of  their 
own  body*  a  president  and  secretary,  and  a  delegate  to  the  joint 
gate  meeting  provided  for  in  tho  following  section  ;  they  shall  also  ap- 
point a  treasurer  for  the  district  where  no  township  or  borough  trea- 
surer shall  be  otherwise  appointed  ;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  each 
board,  on  the  day  of  their  first  assembling  as  aforesaid,  to  divide 
themselves  into  three  classes,  the  first  of  which  shall  serve  until  thf 
next  election,  the  second  until  the-  second  election,  and  the  third  until 
the  third  election  following,  so  that  one-third  of  each  board  may  be 
chosen  annually  ;  and  if  any  vacancy  shall  occur,  by  death  or  other- 
wise, it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  in  which  such  vacancy  may 
occur,  to  fill  the  same  untifthe  next  election. 

Section  4.  On  the  first  Tuesday  in   November,  in  the  year  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  thirty-four,  and  the  first  Monday  in  May 
in  each  year  thereafter,  there  shall  be  held,  at  the  county  court-house 
in  each  division,  a  joint  meeting  of  the  county  commissioners  and  one 
delegate  from  each  board  of  school  directors    within  said  county  or 
school  division,  in  which  it  shall  be  decided  whether  or  not  a  tax  for  ,*/ 
the  expenditure  of  each  district  be  levied  ;  and  if  a  tax  be  authorized  ^ 
by  a  majority  of  the  joint  meeting,  it  shall  be  apportioned  among  the  k 
several  districts  as  county  rates  and  levies  are  now  by  law  apportioned-  # 
Each  delegate  to  the  joint  meeting,  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  onedol-  Z 
lar  per  day,  for  each  day's  attendance  spent  by  him  in  travelling  toJ» 
and  from  and  attending  said  meeting,  to  be  paid  out  of  the  county^ 
treasury.  r 

Section  5.  The  appropriations  made  for  the  common  schools,  by 
the  joint  meeting,  shall  be  considered  part  of  the  authorized  esti- 
mates of  county  expenditures,  and  shall  be  levied  and  collected  in  the 
usual  manner  :  Provided,  That  no  tax  shall  be  less  In  amount  than 
double  tfip  funds  which  may  he  furnished  to  said  county  or  school  di- 
vision, as  hereinafter  directed,  out  of  the  treasury  of  this  Common- 
wealth, in  aid  of  common  schools,  organized  according  to  the  provi- 
sions of  this  act :  And  provided further ',  That  to  constitute  a  joint 
meeting,  at  least  two  of  the  county  commissioners,  and  a  majority  of 
rhe  delegates  Of  the  school  districts  in  each  division  shall  be  required, 
excepl  in  such  pases  as  are  herehtafter  provided  ;  and  if  no  quorum  ]y. 
present,  if  shall  bs  lawful  for  them  to  hold  further  meeting?  until  one 
is  obtained. 


Section  6.  When  such  delegate  meeting  is  organized,  the  vote 
on  the  question  of  making  appropriation  for  common  schools  shall  be 
taken  by  yeas  and  nays,  a  record  whereof  shall  be  kept  by  the  coun- 
ty commissioners,  and  if  it  shall  be  determined,  by  a  majority  of  said 
meeting,  that  no  such  appropriation  shall  be  made  for  any  division  or 
county,  then  all  the  districts,  whose  delegates  voted  in  the  negative, 
shall  for  that  year  be  entitled  to  no  part  of  the  money  appropriated  by 
this  act,  but  the  whole  amount  which  such  division  would  have  been 
entitled  to,  had  it  determined  to  make  such  appropriation  for  common 
schools  by  tax,  shall  go  and  he  appropriated  to  such  district  or  dis- 
tricts in  said  division  or  county,  whose  delegates  voted  in  the  affirma- 
tive, in  the  ratio  of  the  taxable  inhabitants  of  said  district.  And  the 
amount  of  tax  levied  on  such  district  voting  in  the  affirmative,  under 
the  present  law  for  educating  the  poor  gratis,  shall  be  fairly  estimated 
by  the  commissioners,  and  paid  out  of  the  county  treasury  to  such 
districts,  to  be  added  to  their  common  school  lund,  to  entitle  the  dis- 
tricts thus  voting  in  the  affirmative,  to  the  money  appropriated  by  this 
act,  they  shall  be  required  to  raise  no  larger  tax  than  would  have 
been  required,  had  every  county  in  the  commonwealth  voted,  to  ap- 
propriate for  common  schools  as  provided  for  in  this  act.  Jn  case  a 
majority  of  the  districts  in  any  division  or  county  vote  in  the  nega- 
tive, then  the  amount  of  tax  to  be  raised  by  those  districts  voting  in 
the  affirmative,  shall  be  fixed  by  a  majority  of  the  votes  of  the  dele- 
gates of  said  districts.  If  on  neither  the  first  nor  second  meeting,  a 
majority  of  the  commissioners  and  delegates  from  all  the  districts  of 
any  division  shall  attend,  then  those  present  shall  proceed  in  the  same 
manner  as  if  a  majority  had  attended,  and  their  proceedings  shall  be 
as  valid.  If,  in  any  division,  no  district  shall  thus  vote  to  appro- 
priate, then  the  money  to  which  such  division  would  have  been  enti- 
tled, shall  remain  in  the  state  treasury,  for  the  use  of  such  division  or 
counties,  for  the  term  of  two  years  from  the  passage  of  this  act ;  af- 
ter which  time,  if  such  division  or  counties,  or  any  part  thereof,  do 
not  vote  so  to  appropriate,  then  the  money  to  which  such  division 
would  have  been  entitled,  shall  go  to,  and  be  divided  among  such  di- 
visions or  counties,  as  shall  thus  in  whole,  or  in  part  vote  to  appro- 
priate :  And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  commissioners  of  each 
county,  in  each  year  rjfter  such  delegate  meeting  may  have  been  held, 
to  communicate  the  proceedings  thereof  to  the  general  superintend- 
ent. Provided,  That  in  case  it  shall  have  been  determined,  by  aryr 
such  delegate  meeting,  that  no  appropriation  for  common  schools 
should  be  made  for  the  current  year,  the  acts  of  assembly  to  provide 
for  the  education  of  the  poor  gratis  now  in  force,  shall  continue  in 
force,  in  such  division  or  county  or  district,  for  the  current  year. 

Seotiox  7.  Within  twenty  days  after  such  joint  meeting  of  the  de- 
legates as  aforesaid,  or  at  such  time  as  such  joint  meeting  shall  fix 
and  determine,  if  said  delegate  meeting  shall  have  determined  to  make 
an  appropriation  ss  aforesaid,  the  people  of  (he  several  school  districts 
shall  assemble  in  th^ir  respective  wards  or  districts,  at  the  usual 
place  of  holding  ward  or  township  elections,  or  at  such  pla.ee  as  may 


ict,  when  to  assembled,  . 
ing" a  chairman,  am  board  of  dmictora 

per  district  shall  tx 

ilu-  proceeding*  of  su< -h  meeting  ip  ih--  book  of  minu 
board;  <>r  iu  h i-*  absence,  thai  out)  shall  bo  | 
director  of  the  said  board.     It  shall  bo  tta  duty  of  lb 
rector^  to  communicate  to  such  ok 
the  common  school  i  of  the  dial 

be  considered  by  such  meeting  :    tad  it  gba  .  tl^i 

said   meeting  to  decide,  by  a  majoritj 

raise  for  the  current  year  a  sum  in  addition  t<>  that  determined  on  by 
the  delegate  meeting  aforesaid,  to  be  applied  to  the  common  sch 
of  the  ich  mepting  shi 

such  additional  sum,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
the  same  to  th  •  supervisors  of  the  township,  or  the  town  coun 
the  borough,  as  the  case  may  be,  whose  dutj    it  shall  !>•  to  ad 

;  increase  upon  the  assessment  pr  tax  oftl 
and  thi'  same  shall  be  collected  as  township  or  borough  rates  and  le- 
vies are  b)  law  collected. 

Si:<  i  ro>  6.  It  shall  he  the  duty  of  th  'school  di- 

rector rmine  the  number  ■  •  w  d  in  tb< 

:  ve  districts;  to  pause  suitable  buildings  to  i- 
or  hin!.  i  appoint  capqbl  liberal 

to  adni  i  sch(  lars ;  to  have  the  general  superintendence  of  the  scl 
of  their  respective  districts  ;  to  pay  the  nee  ;rrcd 

thereby,  by  orders  drawn  on  urerofthi 

tin"  proqideut,  and  countersigned  by  t: 
boards.     Provided,  That  no  school  director  shal 
ment,  whatever,  for  his  services,  except  when  serving  as  a  del 

irding  to  the  provisions  of  this  act ;  but  he  shall  I-  opted  dur- 

ing 'lie  performance  of  the  duties  of  >^'  from  militia  uV 

serving  in  anv  other  township  or  borough  <.•.' 

Section  9.  Whenever  it  may  b 
tablish  a  school  out  of  two  or  more  adjoining  »>l  di- 

rectors from  each  of  such  adjoining 

mav  establish  and  regulate  such  school  :  ami  th»-  eapen*  - 
shall  be  divid  og  tp  the  numb 

scholars  each  district  may  tend  to  such  sen 

i  (  tio\  10.    Whereas,  manual   labour  may  bo   advant 
connect*  1  with  intellectual  and  moral  it. 
»(  hools,  it  shall  be  I  fthe  school  direct'    -  I 

Buch  connection  in  their  res  ■  shall  tak- 

and  i  shall    have  power  to  purchase  ma- 

terials and  ample-]  ip  tbr 

es  of  Ihe  mechai 

;'    -        .  ch  conn-. 


shall  lake  place  in  any  common  school,  unless  four  out  of  the  six  di- 
rectors of  the  di?triet  shall  agree  thereto. 

Section  11.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  hoard  of  school  directors,  by 
two  or  more  of  their  number,  to  visit  every  school  within  their  sebool 
district,  at  least  once  in  every  month,  and  cause  the  result  of  said  visit 
to  be  entered  in  the  minutes  of  the  board  ;  and  it  shall  be  their  further 
duty,  to  make  an  annual  and  full  report  to  the  district  inspectors,  to 
be  appointed  as  hereinafter  directed,  of  the  situation  of  each  school  in 
their  district,  the  number  of  scholars,  the  studies  pursued,  and  whether 
in  connection  with  manual  labour,  the  number  of  months  in  the  year 
the  schools  shalT have  been  opened,  the  expenses  attending  each  school, 
salary  of  the  teacher,  and  his  or  her  qualifications  and  general  con- 
duct, together  with  such  information  as  may  be  beneficial,  in  forming 
a  just  estimate  of  the  value  of  such  schools ;  and  this  report  to  the 
said  inspectors  shall  be  made  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  October  in 
each  year. 

Section  12.  The  several  courts  of  Quarter  Sessions  in  this  Com- 
monwealth shall,  annually,  at  their  first  session  after  the  election  of 
school  directors  within  their  respective  counties  or  divisions,  appoint 
two  competent  citizens  of  each  school  district,  to  be  inspectors  of  the 
public  schools  therein  established  by  this  act,  who  shall  be  exempt 
during  the  performance  of  the  duties  of  their  said  office,  from  militia 
duty,  and  from  serving  in  any  township  or  borough  office. 

Section  13.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  school  inspectors,  to  visit 
every  school  in  their  respective  districts,  at  least  once  in  every  three 
months,  and  as  much  ofiener  as  they  may  think  proper ;  to  inquire 
into  the  moral  character,  learning  and  ability  of  the  several  teachers 
employed  therein  ;  they  shall  have  power  to  examine  any  person 
wishing  to  be  employed  as  a  teacher,  and  if  found  qualified  and  of 
good  moral  character,  shall  give  him  or  her  a  certificate  to  that  effect, 
naming  therein  the  branches  which  he  or  she  is  found  qualified  to 
teach,  which  certificate  shall  be  valid  for  one  year  from  the  date 
thereof,  and  no  longer;  and  no  person  who  shall  not  have  obtained 
such  certificate,  shall  receive  from  the  county  treasury,  or  from  the 
treasury  of  the  commonwealth,  any  compensation  for  his  services. 

•Section  14.  The  inspectors  of  any  school  division,  may  meet  at 
such  times  and  places  as  they  may  deem  expedient,  and  adopt  such 
rules  for  the  examination  of  teachers  and  schools,  and  prescribe  such 
forms  for  certificates,  as  they  may  deem  necessary  to  produce  unifor- 
mity in  such  examinations  and  certificates,  throughout  the  school  di- 
vision ;  and  they  may,  if  they  deem  it  expedient,  appoint  days  for  the 
public  examination  of  teachers,  and  require  all  teachers  to  be  examined 
in  public  ;  and  said  inspectors,  or  any  one  of  them,  may  visit  all  dis- 
trict schools  in  th^ir  school  divisions,  and  examine  the  same. 

Section  15.  Whenever  the  inspectors  meet  together  as  they  are 
empowered  by  the  preceding  section,  they  shall  organize  themselves 
for  the  proper  transaction  of  business,  and  each  inspector  shall  be  go- 
verned by  the  rules  then  adopted,  in  his  examinations,  and  observo 
such  forms  in  his  certificates,  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  majority  of 


III'!     II. 

ualu  -i 

i 
: 

!.l!..l    ,     ill 

an  iiiiiaml  report  to  the  superii  ifthe  publ 

ibru  il.i'  tie  .t  ftlonda)  in  N< 

their  i 

report  oi  the  respi  '-:i\'      shool  .:.: 

the  teachers ;  the  u  i 

several  scho<  Is  under  their  inspection  ;  -,Jgbt 

in  each  fclio  I;  the  number  of  months  in  the  yeardur 

hi'-hr  >ul  shall   ll8  ;>t  M|>t-li  ;    '.In-  . 

for  building,  renting  or  r  ■    have 

tr-n  incurred  in  main 
districts  ;  and  also  shall 
ui\  isk>n,  at  't,    ■ 

Ski  riD.N  ]  7 .  The  S  ealth  shaii 

intendenl  ofalJ  the  public  schools  established  by  • 

:;i  the  ftilli 

I.  Prepare  Shd  submit  an  annual  report  to  the  i    a 
nig  a  Statement  eftfje  condition  of  the  common  schools 

■■  ;,  j-'a.-iS  (or  ti.- 
in  in  on  sell 
his  ofl  .;  and  to  ::  .n  schools, 

as  he  Bhall  deem  il  expedient  to  communical 

II.  He  shall  prepare  suitable  blank  I 

tions  lor  making  district  reports,  and  for  cond  id  ng  the  . 
proeeedmt/s  under  his   jurisdiction,  -'.nil  lw  shall  cause  thn  sai 

r   with  all  such  in!" 
further  improvement  of  the  schools,  h>  I  to  the  *- 

toarda  of  directors. 

I  IF.   He  shall  sign  fill  orde 
of  moneys  into  the  county  school  funds,  but  no  all  b> 

drawn  until  'he  county  commissioners  shal. 
a  oertiheai  ■,  which  they  arc  hereby  required  to  • 
school  tax  required  by   this  act.  ha>ii 
the  provisions  thereof. 

IV.  If  any  controversy  shall  arise  in  relation  to  th- 
the  pa 

the  duties  of  tl  '  .  .m  appeal    t 

made.  v.  hois  her  tie  and  adjust 

without  cost  all  mone\    r 

him  in  this,  and  other  matters  apj 
tv  as  superintendent,  ■  hall 
auditor  general,  and  paid  out  ( 


Section  18.  The  County  commissioners  shdll  transmit  an  abstract 
of  the  accounts,  audited  by  the  proper  officer,  to  the  superintendent, 
once  every  rear,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  November. 

Section  lft.  Seventy-five  thousand  dollars  are  hereby  appropria- 
ted out  of  the  school  fund,  for  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  thirty- five,  which  amount  shall  be  annually  thereafter  appro- 
priated and  paid  as  hereinafter  directed,  until  the  year  when  the  school 
fund  shall  yield  an  interest  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  annually, 
when  that  sum  shall  be  distributed  in  each  year  amongst  the  school 
divisions  created  by  the  adoption  of  this  act,  n  manner  following: — 
The  superintendent  of  common  schools  shall  give  notice,  in  at  least 
one  public  newspaper  in  every  school  division  within  this  Common- 
wealth, for  the  space  of  three  weeks,,  of  the  sum  to  which  such  divi- 
sion may  be  entitled,  haying  reference  in  such  distribution  tq  the  num- 
ber of  taxable  inhabitants  in  said  division  ;  and  these  funds  shall  be 
again  distributed  to  the  different  districts,  in  proportion  to  the  taxable;- 
of  said  districts,  according  to  the  provisions  of  this  act;  and  as  soon 
as  practicable  thereafter,  the  said  superintendent  shall  cause  the  dis- 
tributive share  of  each  school  division  entitled  thereto,  to  be  paid  to 
the  county  treasurer,  which  share  shall  be  apportioned  amongst  the 
respective  districts  of  the  several  divisions,  according  to  the  said  prin- 
ciple of  distribution  prescribed  for  the  superintendent  ;  and  the  same 
rule  shall  be  observed  in  the  distribution  of  the  proceeds  of  the  tax  im- 
posed upon  the  county  for  the  same  purpose,  by  the  delegate  meeting 
hereinbefore  provided  for. 

Section  20.  All  moneys  that  may  come  into  the  possession  pf  tlie 
county  treasurers,  for  the  use  of  any  school  district  or  districts  within 
their  respective  divisions,  shall  be  paid  over  by  the  said  treasurers  to 
the  treasurers  of  the  said  districts  respectively,  at  such  time*  as  the 
commissioners  of  the  respective  counties  shall  order  and  direct.  And 
the  bond  of  a  county  treasurer  shall  be  forfeited,  by  any  failure  to 
comply  with  the  duties  enjoined  upon  him  by  this  acx. 

Section  21.  The  treasurers  of  the  respective  townships  and  bo- 
roughs, where  such  officers  are  appointed,  shall  be  treasurers  for 
their  respective  school  districts,  and  all  moneys  belonging  to  a  district 
for  the  support  of  schools,  whether  the  same  be  derived  from  appro- 
priations by  the  state  contributions,  from  the  county  treasury,  private 
donations,  or  otherwise,  shall  be  placed  in  the  custody  of  the  treasurer 
thereof,  and  shall  be  paid  out  on  orders  drawn  by  the  president  of  the 
board  of  direetors,  by  Order  of  said  board  ;  and  the  accounts  of  the 
said  board  shall  be  audited  and  adjusted,  as  other  aecoiutfs  of  the 
townships  and  boroughs  are  directed  by  law  to  be  audited  and  adjust- 
ed ;  and  the  said  treasurer  shall  be  required  to  give  to  the  board  of 
directors,  good  and  sufficient  security  for  the  safe  keeping  and- faithful 
application  of  the  funds  entrusted  to  his  care,  in  all  oases  where  the 
said  treasurer  shall  be  appointed  by  the  said  board  of  directors  : 
Provided,  That  the  several  duties  of  district  treasurers  in  tho 
cities  of  Philadelphia,  Lancaster  and  Pittsburg,  shall  be  performed  by 

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within  the  said  county. 

Section  28.    Tin:  supervisors  of  every  town 
•I  of  every  borough  forming  a  school 
to  purchase,  hold  and  roci  ive  real  and  personal  pro 
tions,   that    may  1><:   ne<  >rt  of 

schools,  and  th  •  i  inic  to  soil,  alien  and  dispose  of,  whenever  it  shall 
be  no  longer  required  for  the  uses  aforesaid.     And  in  all  r.-i 
real  estate  is  held   by  trustees,  for  the  gericral  use  of  ' 
hood,  as  a  school  house  or  its  appendages,  it  shall   b- 
said   trustees,   the   survivor   or  survivors   of  them,    to  convey  the 
same  to  the  supervisors  or  town  council  of  the  proper  district :  and 
from  thenceforth,  the  said  supervisors  or  town  council  shall  hold  the 
said  property,  for  the  same  term  and  for  the  same  uses  for  wh 
was  granted  to  the  said  trustees. 

Section  24.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  treasurer  of  each 
county  for  the  time  being,  to  receive  all  the  moneys,  from  whatever 
sources  they  may  arise  or  become  due,  that  are  to  be  distributed  and 
applied  to  the  support  of  schools  created  under   the  provision  of  this 
act,  within  said  county,  to  keep  a  just   and   true  account  of  al 
receipts  and  payments,  which  the  auditors  of  the  county  shall  audit, 
settle  and  adjust,  in  like  manner  as  they  shall  audit,  settle  and  adjusl 
his  accounts  as  county  treasurer,  which  accounts,  so  audited  shall  be 
transmitted  to  the  superintendent  of  common  schools,   by  the  co 
commissioners,  as  directed  by  this  act.     And  the  said  treasurer's  ac- 
counts shall  contain  a  true  statement  of  all  moneys  received  during 
the  year,  fir  the  use  of  any  school  or  schools  of  any  division  o:  district 
of  his  county,   designating  in  said  accounts,  from  what  source- 
moneys  hive  been  derived,and  such  account  shall  be  sworn  or  affirmed 
jo  by  him. 

Section  25.  Upon  settlement  of  the  account  of  such  treasurer,  if 
any  balance  is  found  due  by  him,  the  transcript  of  such  balance  may 
be  filed  in  the  court  of  common  pleas  of  the  proper  county,  the  i 
shall  be  a  lien  upon  the  real  estate  of  such  treasurer,  in  like  manner 
as  balance  due  by  him  to  the  county  and  commonwealth  are  made 
liens  by  act  of  assembly. 

Section  26.  So  much  of  any  act  of  the  General  Assembly  as  is  hereby 
altered  o:  supplied,  is  hereby  repealed,  except  the  act  and  its  supple- 
ments now  in  operation  in  the  city  and  county  of  Philadelphia,  enti- 
tled "And  act  to  provide  for  the  education  of  children  at  the  public 
expense  within  the  city  and  county  of  Philadelphia,"  which  is  made 
concurrent  with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  and  is  in  no  wise  to  be  con- 


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sidered  as  altered,  amended  or  repealed,  except  so  far  that  the  citizeui 
of  said  city  and  county  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  their  due  proportion 
and  share  of  any  money  which  may  be  appropriated  out  of  the  school 
fund,  by  the  legislature,  in  pursuance  of  the  provision  of  this  act. 

Section  27.  Immediately  after  the  passage  of  this  act,  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Commonwealth  shall  cause  circular  letters,  with  the  said 
act  attached  thereto,  to  be  addressed  to  the  sheriff  of  each  county, 
and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  sheriff  aforesaid,  to  publish  the  same 
in  two  or  more  newspapers  in  his  county,  if  so  many  be  published 
therein,  for  three  successive  weeks,  in  such  manner  as  shall  secure 
the  timely  organization,  under  this  act,  according  to  the  provisions 
thereof,  the  expense  to  be  defrayed  out  of  the  county  treasury. 

WM.  PATTERSON, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
THO'S.  RINGLAND, 
Speaker  of  the  Senate. 

Approved — The  first  day  of  April  eighteen  hundred  and  thirty- 
four. 

GEO:  WOLF. 


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